Tangail-7
Appearance
Tangail-7 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Tangail District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 322,673 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Ekabbar Hossain |
Tangail-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2001 by Ekabbar Hossain of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Mirzapur Upazila.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | | 1973 | Shawkat Ali Khan | Awami League[4] |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | | 1979 | Khaju Mia | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5] |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
style="background-color:Template:Jatiya Party (Ershad)/meta/color" | | 1986 | Wajid Ali Khan Panni | Jaitya Party[6][7] |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | | 1991 | Kh. Badar Uddin | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | | 1996 | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | | 2001 | Ekabbar Hossain | Awami League |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Ekabbar Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Ekabbar Hossain | 130,154 | 58.4 | +10.5 | |
BNP | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | 88,916 | 39.9 | −6.9 | |
KSJL | Shafiur Rahman Sunny | 3,034 | 1.4 | −2.0 | |
Independent | Dewan Nazrul Islam | 679 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 41,238 | 18.5 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 222,783 | 86.4 | +5.9 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Ekabbar Hossain | 89,931 | 47.9 | +10.6 | ||
BNP | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | 87,857 | 46.8 | +5.7 | ||
KSJL | Sadek Ahmed Khan | 6,457 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
IJOF | Md. Nurul Islam | 2,825 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Progressive Party | Md. Motasim Billah | 696 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Majority | 2,074 | 1.1 | −2.7 | |||
Turnout | 187,766 | 80.5 | +0.9 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | 59,848 | 41.1 | −12.0 | |
AL | Ekabbar Hossain | 54,303 | 37.3 | +2.4 | |
JP(E) | Md. Jahirul Islam Jahir | 27,942 | 19.2 | +10.2 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdul Halim | 2,383 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Communist Kendra | Kh. Nurur Rhaman Salim | 349 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Kh. Badar Uddin | 323 | 0.2 | N/A | |
IOJ | Syed Mojibor Rahman | 271 | 0.2 | −0.6 | |
Independent | Md. Murshed Ali Khan Ponnee | 205 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,545 | 3.8 | −14.3 | ||
Turnout | 145,624 | 79.6 | +21.1 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Kh. Badar Uddin | 62,882 | 53.1 | |||
AL | Md. Fazlur Rahman Farooq | 41,392 | 34.9 | |||
JP(E) | Shah Mostanjidul Haq | 10,633 | 9.0 | |||
JSD | Mohidur Rahman | 1,773 | 1.5 | |||
IOJ | Md. Mojibur Rahman | 989 | 0.8 | |||
Independent | Md. Nurul Islam | 436 | 0.4 | |||
CPB | Kh. Nurur Rahman Selim | 397 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 21,490 | 18.1 | ||||
Turnout | 118,502 | 58.5 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
References
- ^ "Tangail-7". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
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